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falshood

falshood is the obsolete spelling of falsehood.

Meaning of falsehood

Noun

falsehood (countable and uncountable, plural falsehoods)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being false.
    • Every such idiom is what is known as a truth function, and is characterized by the fact that the truth or falsehood of the complex statement which it generates is uniquely determined by the truth or falsehood of the several statements which it combines.1976, Willard Van Orman Quine, The Ways of Paradox, and other essays, page 89
    Synonyms:
    falsity
  2. (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
    • Don't tell falsehoods.
    Synonyms:
    lie, crock
  3. (archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of lying.
    • THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS.1817, Robert Stevenson, Scripture Portraits, volume 1, page 155
    Synonyms:
    falseness, mendacity

Forms of falshood

pluralfalshoods

Questions about falshood

What is falshood the obsolete spelling of?
Falshood is the obsolete spelling of falsehood.

Words near falshood in the dictionary

  1. falsettos
  2. falsework
  3. falseworks
  4. falsey
  5. Falsgrave
  6. falshood
  7. falshoods
  8. falsidical
  9. falsidicality
  10. falsidically
  11. falsie

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